- the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- pork cured in brine; salt pork.
- bring home the bacon,
- to provide for material needs; earn a living.
- to accomplish a task; be successful or victorious: Our governor went to Washington to appeal for disaster relief and brought home the bacon—$40 million.
- to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss: Quick thinking saved our bacon.
- English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- English painter, born in Ireland.
- U.S. architect.
- American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676.
- English philosopher and scientist.
- meat from the back and sides of a pig, dried, salted, and usually smoked
- bring home the bacon informal
- to achieve success
- to provide material support
- to help someone to escape from danger
- Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. 1561–1626, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist; described the inductive method of reasoning: his works include Essays (1625), The Advancement of Learning (1605), and Novum Organum (1620)
- Francis . 1909–92, British painter, born in Dublin, noted for his distorted, richly coloured human figures, dogs, and carcasses
- Roger . ?1214–92, English Franciscan monk, scholar, and scientist: stressed the importance of experiment, demonstrated that air is required for combustion, and first used lenses to correct vision. His Opus Majus (1266) is a compendium of all the sciences of his age
